Silver

Santacruz Silver on the fast track to production

VANCOUVER — For Mexico-focused Santacruz Silver Mining (SCZ-V) 2013 may well be the year where well-laid plans take root and begin to grow. The Vancouver-based company is working on a trio of advanced-stage silver projects with the goal…


Coeur to take 100% of Joaquin

Some mining companies find it tough in Argentina — and particularly in less mining-friendly provinces like Chubut — where the provincial government has proposed higher taxes and royalties. And even in more benign, mining friendly…


Geologists at the Malku Khota concession in Bolivia. Source: South American Silver Corp.

South American Silver invests closer to home

After taking a bruising in Bolivia earlier this year when the government revoked its Malku Khota concession, South American Silver (SAC-T, SOHAF-O) is sticking a little closer to home.



Equipment at Silver Standard Resources' Pitarrilla silver project in Mexico's Durango state. Source: Silver Standard Resources

Silver Standard targets Pitarrilla

After repositioning Silver Standard as a well-funded firm with a strong management team and a sole operating mine in Argentina, Silver Standard Resources’ (SSO-T, SSRI-Q) president and CEO John Smith says his company is now “getting…


Drillers at Brixton Metals' Thorn gold project in British Columbia. Source: Brixton Metals

Brixton finds high-grade silver at Thorn in BC

Vancouver-based explorer Brixton Metals (BBB-V) can barely contain its excitement over the silver-equivalent grades it has been cutting at its Thorn pollymetallic project, 130 km southwest of Atlin in northwestern B.C. The company followed up…



Silver Standard's Pitarilla silver project. Source: Silver Standard

[Update] Silver Standard sees bright future at Pitarrilla

After repositioning Silver Standard as a well-funded firm with a strong management team and a sole operating mine in Argentina, Silver Standard Resources’ (SSO-T, SSRI-N) president and CEO John Smith says, “Now we are getting the…


Primero snaps up Cerro del Gallo

VANCOUVER — Toronto-based gold producer Primero Mining (P-T, PPP-N) has waded into the merger-and-acquisition waters with a definitive agreement to acquire Australian explorer Cerro Resources (CJO-V, CJO-A) in an all-stock deal worth…


Prospect drilling at the Joaquin project. Source: Mirasol Resources

Coeur to take 100% of Joaquin

Some mining companies find it tough going in Argentina, particularly in less mining-friendly provinces like Chubut where the state government has proposed higher taxes and royalties. And even in more benign, mining friendly states like Santa…


Dolly Varden hopes to find the next Eskay Creek

The management team at Vancouver-based Dolly Varden Silver (DV-V) had been keeping its eye on an intriguing piece of mining history in northwestern B.C.’s Stewart complex for quite some time. Both chairman John King Burns and…


Visible gold from drill hole 50 from Pilot Gold's TV Tower project in Turkey. The intercept returned 193 grams gold per tonne over 12 metres. Source: Pilot Gold

Pilot, Teck tune in to Turkish TV

Drill results from Pilot Gold’s (PLG-T) early stage joint-venture project with a Turkish subsidiary of Teck Resources (TCK-T, TCK-N) sent the junior explorer’s shares up 3% to $1.87, with 1.8 million shares changing hands.


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